How Pauline Hanson put a muzzle on Australian journalism

Pauline Hanson entered the National Press Club room with a kind of pathos intended only to provoke outrage and without any ethos or logos to lend credibility or logic.

Among the main targets of his anger were the people in that room: media professionals. She spoke to reporters like a mother fed up with her children’s misbehavior. “I’m sick and tired…” is one of his favorite expressions. He also acted like an angry schoolmaster doling out punishments, eventually expelling the most unruly children and threatening to send others to the naughty corner.